I am still confused with what you need: * Do you have an ant script that does a whole bunch of stuff, and there is this one compile that also needs to be done, but you're not quite sure how to do it?
* Or, someone told you that Ant is the way to go, and you need to rewrite how you do your build, so you're using Ant? If it is the later, it would be silly to use Ant. The best you could do is an Ant script that would simply call the same script you used before. In the end, you're calling additional processes, complicating your build process for no particular reason, and adding more places where errors will occur. Maintenance would become more complex too. You said that the URL did not help much. Which URL? There is the Ant manual at http://ant.apache.org/manual and the URL I gave you for Nant. There is also the Ant tutorial at http://ant.apache.org/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html which really helps bring everything together. Also, it is sort of difficult in understanding exactly what you want. Do you want us to write the whole build script for you, or just help you understand some of the concepts needed, so you can do the task on your own? Do you have any understanding of any of the concepts in Ant (Like Tasks and Targets), how XML is used in Build scripts? Do you need a starting point in using Ant? Are you planning on using Ant in other projects? As people have already pointed out, you can use the <exec> task to execute what you're already doing. As I mentioned before, this really isn't using Ant for anything that couldn't be done simpler and easier in a shell or BAT script. Please let us know exactly what you are looking for. Remember that most of us on this list are consultants who charge a pretty penny for this type of work. We are more than happy to help out people who need help. After all, asking for help and getting help is how we learned our art. But, please remember that this is our craft. If you are learning Ant, or are having a problem understanding a particular concept or need help getting started, most of us would be glad to lend you a hand. However, if you are not interested in Ant and simply want someone to write an Ant script for you, then hire someone to do that task. Doing builds and releases is my career and is how I pay my rent, put food on my table, and send my kids through college. On 10/1/07, Sayed, Irfan (Irfan) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. I have gone through the URL but did not get much. > > Need to execute following command in Ant' build.xml > > M:\cc_mv_test\v_agentapi\Develop\VB Server>"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual > St > udio\VB98\VB6.EXE" -make Moagent32.vbp c:\test.dll -out c:\build_log.txt > > Please help in how to write in build.xml. > > Regards > Irfan. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:44 AM > To: user@ant.apache.org > Subject: AW: Need to compile VB project > > Have a look at Ants DotNet AntLib > http://ant.apache.org/antlibs/proper.html > http://ant.apache.org/antlibs/dotnet/index.html > > > Jan > > > >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >Von: David Weintraub [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Gesendet: Sonntag, 30. September 2007 19:05 > >An: Ant Users List > >Betreff: Re: Need to compile VB project > > > >Ant isn't really built for compiling VB6 projects. Its main purpose is > >for compiling Java code and projects. As far as I know, there is no > >compile Visual Basic script based tasks in Ant. The way to do that is > >to call the "exec" task to call your compilation script. > > > >You might want to look at Nant which is the .NET version of Ant. This > >version of Ant is specially built to build Microsoft specific projects > >and includes tasks for compiling VisualStudio projects written in C#, > >C++, and Visual Basic. > > > >See <http://nant.sourceforge.net/> for more information. > > > >On 9/30/07, Sayed, Irfan (Irfan) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I need to write Ant build script which will compile the VB6 project. > >> Currently the build script is in batch file I need to > >convert it into the > >> Ant script. Please find the attached batch script. > >> Can somebody please help me out in writing the same. > >> > >> I will be Regards > >> Irfan. > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > >-- > >-- > >David Weintraub > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > >commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- -- David Weintraub [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
